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Public Health hosting 2 fairs Saturday at Micronesia Mall
Pacific Daily News
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The Department of Public Health and Social Services is hosting its 12th Annual Guam Breastfeeding Awareness Fair and Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Fair at Micronesia Mall center court on Saturday. The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event...
Kid Care ID event returns after 6 years
Pacific Daily News
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Eager parents lined up at Village of Donki in Tamuning on Saturday to get their children a Kid Care ID booklet which provides vital information to law enforcement if a child goes missing. The Kid Care ID event was last held in 2019 and was shelved...
DPHSS immunization outreach highlights health care demand
The Guam Daily Post
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The Department of Public Health and Social Services held its second back-to-school immunization outreach on Saturday, continuing efforts to provide underserved youth access to routine childhood vaccinations that are needed to attend school....
'More convenient': Public Health hosts back-to-school immunization event
Pacific Daily News
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Micronesia Mall was packed with residents on Saturday looking to get free vaccinations at a Department of Public Health and Social Services back-to-school immunization event. Public Health offered routine childhood vaccinations, except for the...
Maui suffering from severe lack of mental health worker
The Maui News - Hawaii
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This slide directing people to mental health resources was shared during a Lahaina community recovery meeting on Wednesday. For more, follow the QR code or go to www.mauinuistrong.info/resource-categories/mental-health. Courtesy photo Maui has...
Community Events: Pet wellness fair on Saipan; Farmers' health screening; Food safety month
The Pacific Island Times
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August 15, 2025
AK, Saipan and Saipan Humane Society host Pet Wellness Fair on Aug. 16 Saipan— Atkins Kroll Saipan is partnering with the Saipan Humane Society to host a Pet Wellness Fair on Aug. 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. t the Atkins Kroll Showroom in Puerto...
USS Pearl Harbor Arrives in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 15, 2025
On August 15, 2025, the USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) arrived in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, in support of Pacific Partnership 25. The arrival of the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor to Chuuk marks another...
Public Health offers free Back-to-School immunizations Saturday
The Guam Daily Post
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The Department of Public Health and Social Services is hosting another Back-to-School Immunization Outreach on Saturday, continuing its mission to make health care accessible on Guam. Public Health will be providing routine childhood vaccinations...
Pacific Islanders lead effort to link culture with mental wellness
Marianas Variety
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Becky Mettao leads a group discussion at a workshop that concluded on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. Photo by Andrew Roberto AT a community mental health workshop held on Thursday, Aug. 7 at LaoLao Bay Resort, the Community Guidance Center offered its...
Public Health, Moylan, Guahan Doula Project to offer free services
Marianas Business Journal
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No appointment is necessary for a variety of free services for sectors of the population. The Department of Public Health and Social Services will host a Back-to-School Immunization Outreach on Aug. 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., or while supplies...
Public Health hosts Back to School Immunization Outreach
KUAM
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August 13, 2025
The Department of Public Health and Social Services will be conducting a Back-to-School Immunization Outreach on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., or while supplies last at the Micronesia Mall.
OSU's Destination Medicine aims to heal the world
Newark Advocate - Ohio
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Annchien de Wal de Bruijn and Chris de Wal marked their fifth wedding anniversary in 2019 in a hospital room half a world away from their home in the Netherlands. De Bruijn was still bandaged and exhausted from a second surgery to treat a brain...
Here’s who does — and doesn’t — qualify for health care benefits as an immigrant in Colorado
Steamboat Pilot & Today - Colorado
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August 7, 2025
Health care policy is changing in the United States, including for immigrants, whose eligibility for federal benefits will be restricted following the passage of congressional Republicans’ new tax and budget law. The so-called “big, beautiful...
Micronesia leaders renew urgent call for ‘fast-acting cuts in short-lived super…
Pacific News Service
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Leaders from the Micronesia region meeting in Majuro in early July called climate change the “most significant threat” to the islands and renewed calls for urgent climate action. At the conclusion of the 27th Micronesian Island Forum meeting,...
Micronesia leaders renew call an urgent call for 'fast-acting cuts in short-lived super pollutants'
The Pacific Island Times
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July 26, 2025
Micronesian leaders, back row, joined with youth representatives from the Micronesia subregion to discuss youth concerns and issues as part of the bigger Forum agenda. Photo courtesy of the Marshall Islands President's Office. Majuro — Leaders...
Public Health to celebrate Breastfeeding Awareness Month with several events
Pacific Daily News
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The Department of Public Health and Social Services, through the Breastfeeding Action Team of the Non-Communicable Disease Consortium, is hosting a series of events in August in celebration of Breastfeeding Awareness Month. This year’s global...
Public Health lines up events to promote Breastfeeding Awareness Month
The Guam Daily Post
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This August the Department of Public Health and Social Services is celebrating Breastfeeding Awareness Month by actively promoting maternal and child health through community engagement and education. Aligned with the World Alliance for...
Tucked away in One Big Beautiful Bill, a plan to disqualify refugees from health care assistance
MinnPost - Minnesota
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July 31, 2025
Daily Newsletter | MinnPost's top stories delivered to your inbox Monday through Saturday. As the One Big Beautiful Bill ricocheted from proposal to signed law by President Donald Trump, Minnesota immigration advocates kept a close eye on how the...
'We’re building': Former agricultural site now formally rezoned for Mangilao hospital use
Pacific Daily News
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Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero on Tuesday signed the rezoning documents for Lot 5280-3 in Mangilao, formalizing its designation from agricultural to public facility use, for a new public hospital. “With the rezoning of Lot 5280-3 officially signed, we’re...
SNAP changes, no Medicaid cuts, defense funding, other Guam details from 'big beautiful bill'
Pacific Daily News
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There will be no cuts in Medicaid benefits for citizens of the Freely Associated States, but residents on Guam need to brace for changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, requirements in order to still receive benefits....